Soap-holder.



T. BOWES.

SOAP HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 17,1912.

Patented Nov. 17, 1914.

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THOMAS BOWES, OF CARLISLE, ENGLAND.

SOAP-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 17, 1914.

Application filed May 17, 1912. Serial No. 698,011.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS Bowns, subject ofthe King of Great Britain, residing at Denton Holme, Carlisle, in thecounty of Cumberland, in the Kingdom of England, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Soap-Holders, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention has for its object a device for use in la-vatories toprevent unnecessary waste in the use of soap.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my soapholder; Fig. 2, a cross section thereof; and Figs. 3, a and 5 are crosssectional views showing slight modifications in the soap holder.

Referring first to Figs. 1 and 2, the invention embodies a box orreceptacle A having a bead A around its edge and provided with wires Bon one face, so as to form a cross. This box is adapted to receive acake of soap 0, so that one face of the soap will be exposed through thecross, while at the back of the cake of soap, is a plate D with a spiralspring E behind, adapted to keep the soap pressed against the cross andagainst the bead or flange A. Behind the spring E is the lid F, whichforms a base for the spring, and insures the spring exerting a pressureagainst the soap, which keeps it pressed against the wire cross andflange and extrudes it through the perforations, as the soap wastes awayin use. This lid is fastened in any convenient manner to the box orreceptacle so as to be easily opened, as by catches G on the box adaptedto engage the flanges H on the lid, so that by pressing back the lid andpressing the catches outward, the lid can be taken off. The lid issupplied with an india-rubber scrubber I. In thus describing theinvention, 1 wish to point out that in place of the wire grid B, a perforated plate J, (Figs. 3 and 5) may be used; and instead of scrubber I,a brush K, (Fig. 3) may be employed or even a slab of pumice stone L(Figs. l and 5).

The fastening for the lid in Figs. 4 and 5 is similar to that alreadyshown in Fig. 2, but in Fig. 3 the lid is a fixture, and in order toreplenish the receptacle with soap, the perforated plate J is maderemovable, being arranged at the edges J so as to snap on to the edgesof the box A. Instead of the perforated plate, a reticulated plate M(Figfl) may be provided with wires runn ng in two directions. This ismore especially useful for coarsely granulated soap N shown in Fig. l.

Instead of using a cake of soap, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, nearly usedup pieces of ls)oap C (Fig. 3) may be placed within the 'ox.

0 (Fig. 1, dotted lines) is an eye piece for attaching the device by achain to some permanent object to prevent it being taken away. Insteadof the spiral spring E, a bent plate spring P may be used, (Fig. l), oreven a pneumatic cushion Q (Fig. 5).

There is space between the meeting edges of the lid F and receptacle A,or perforations in the lid F through which any watter collected in thereceptacle can run ou I do not confine myself to the receptacle beingmade rectangular in shape, as it can be any suitable shape to conform tothe shape of a cake of soap, and the perforated or reticulated face ofthe box can be made convex to conform to the convex shape of an ordinarysoap tablet.

The mode of action is as follows ;Soap having been placed in thereceptacle A and the lid fastened down, the person using it uses thereceptacle with the soap in it just as if it was a piece of soap itself.The soap projects from the perforations or openings, and is worn away inthe hands like ordinary soap. The user can at the same time use theother side of the box for an abrasive or brush. lVhen the box stands onthe brush or on the scrubber, any water collected in the spring chamberwill run out between the meeting edges of the lid F and the box A. Thebead or flange A and the cross wires B impress themselves into the soap,so that the soap projects through the openings.

I declare that what I claim is A soap holder, comprising a receptaclehaving one face thereof reticulated and the other face thereof removableto permit the insertion of the soap, a plate located within saidreceptacle and adapted to engage said soap and press the same againstthe reticulated face of the receptacle, a spring interposed between saidplate and the removable face of the receptacle, spring catches attachedto the receptacle and having hooked ends normally overlying the openingin the receptacle closed by said removable face, signed my name this 7day of May 1912, in

and said removable face of the receptacle the presence of twosubscribing Witnesses. having an outwardly pro ect1ng flange form- 4 inga recess for a scrubbing material and THOMAS BOWVES' 5 forming lockingdevices adapted to engage WVitnesses:

the hooked ends of the catches. G. C. DrMoND,

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto T. S. SHILLINGTON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

